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Film, folklore, and urban legends / Mikel J. Koven.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Koven, Mikel J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures.
- Folklore in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 201 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- From Alien to When a Stranger Calls, many films are based on folklore or employ an urban legend element to propel the narrative. Films, Folklore and Urban Legends explores the convergence of folklore with popular cinema studies and focuses on the study of urban legends and how these narratives are used as inspiration for a number of films. Beginning with a general survey of the existing literature on folklore/film, this book addresses discourses of belief, how urban legends provide the organizing principle of some films, and how certain films "act out" or perform a legend.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) and index.
- Includes filmography: pages 177-180.
- ISBN:
- 9780810860254
- 0810860252
- OCLC:
- 137305954
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